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Clearing Your Throat: Common Causes and Treatments for Hoarseness Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 3459 Date: February 12, 2009 Beyond the common cold, people experience hoarseness from a variety of causes. Edward Damrose, MD, Director of the Stanford Voice Center, discusse...

Can We Cure the Common Leukemias? Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 3540 Date: February 12, 2009 Now there is more reason for hope. Find out how modern medicine is curing more people with blood cancers. Director of the Hematology Clinic at Stan...

Biomedical Research in Space Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 1693 Date: February 12, 2009 Astronaut Bonnie J. Dunbar describes bioastronautics and how space travel can be used to improve human health.  Examples include vi...

Assessing Competency in Health Care Workers: Can We Assess Ourselves? How Can We Assess Others? Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 2992 Date: February 12, 2009 Dr. Davis' presentation focuses on aspects of assessment of health professional competence and performance, addressing the question of se...

Developing Vaccines for Emerging and Global Infectious Diseases Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 0 Date: February 12, 2009 Lawrence Corey, professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine, discusses how vaccines work to influence population-based effects on...

Living With Traumatic Brain Injury Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 0 Date: February 12, 2009 People with traumatic brain injuries may experience physical, cognitive or personality changes that affect their work and relationships. In this...

It’s Not All In Your Head: Understanding Irritable Bowel Syndrome Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 3175 Date: February 12, 2009 Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) affects 10 to 20 percent of the population, making it the most common gastrointestinal syndrome. But treatment rema...

Human Experimentation: From Tuskegee 1932 to Today Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 1410 Date: February 12, 2009 Mary Starke Harper is the last surviving member of the health care team that conducted the famous Tuskegee Syphilis Study.  Startin...

Infections: Fighting Back - Part 1 Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 3217 Date: February 12, 2009 Sexually transmitted diseases such as chlamydia and AIDS - and new diseases like severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) - are a continuing danger...

Heart Failure Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 3547 Date: February 12, 2009 Heart failure, also called congestive heart failure, is a condition in which the heart cannot pump enough oxygenated blood to meet the needs of th...

Got a Grudge? The Art and Science of Forgiveness Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 5370 Date: February 12, 2009 Frederic Luskin, project director at the Stanford Center for Research in Disease Prevention, discusses overcoming hurt in relationships and descri...

Frances Conley - Author Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 1755 Date: February 12, 2009 Frances Conley, professor of neurosurgery and author of "Walking Out on the Boys", which chronicles her experiences as the first women neurosurgeo...

Detecting Circulating Tumor Cells Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 0 Date: February 12, 2009 Successful cancer therapy is intended to eliminate all traces of cancer from the patient. If cancer cells survive the therapy, they may eventually...

Living Well With Stroke Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 6514 Date: February 12, 2009 Harborview Medical Center’s Department of Neurological Surgery and the Stroke Prevention and Assessment Center present a forum focusing on stroke p...

Cosmetic Surgery: New Advances Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 3458 Date: February 12, 2009 University of Washington Medical Center doctors talk about a variety of cosmetic surgery topics: minimally invasive facial plastic surgery, extern...

It’s About Life: Issues of Health Access for Young Women of Color Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 2666 Date: February 12, 2009 Barbara Staggers, director of adolescent medicine and multi-cultural affairs at Children’s Hospital in Oakland, talks about the importance of ment...

HSV As A Successful Pathogen: The Quest for Developing A Vaccine Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 0 Date: February 12, 2009 Learn more about herpes simplex virus (HSV) and research efforts to develop a vaccine. Dr. Lawrence Corey from the University of Washington present...

Infection Control in Healthcare Settings for Viral Respiratory Pathogens Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 3393 Date: February 12, 2009 Infection control in healthcare facilities is critical because of the potential role they can play in propagating and controlling emerging respirat...

Heart Arrhythmia Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 171 Date: February 12, 2009 Patricia Awisus was experiencing arrhythmia – irregular heart rhythm – and couldn’t be as active as she wanted. “I’m so glad that I’m living in a t...

Go Red: Women’s Heart Health Channel: ResearchChannel Length: 3569 Date: February 12, 2009 Stanford University Medical Center celebrates National Heart Month with an informative Go Red event. Heart disease is the number one killer of wome...

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